12 Oct 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 3 Comments Tagged culture, ideas, leading, organizations, strengths, talent

Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

I’ve experienced this firsthand, as likely have you. How many times have we seen a “great idea” for our organization get buried… somehow, mysteriously, and at the end reflect back on the process only to realize we have no idea how exactly it died?

Short answer: the culture killed it.

09 Oct 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, Legacy, 3 Comments Tagged change, culture, ideas, leading, organizations, strengths, talent

How To Stop Sucking

It seems like the right thing is to focus more time on making our weaknesses better. After all, this is what we are taught our whole lives in school–if I suck at math, I spend the most time working on that subject.

But we are wrong. Focusing on our weaknesses is usually completely futile.

Let’s accept it: we all suck at something. And even more, what we suck at sucks the life out of us. So why do we keep doing these things!? How can we stop sucking?

04 Oct 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, Legacy, Life, 1 Comments Tagged activism, change, culture, future, ideas, leading, organizations

The Epic Fail of California (and Why It Matters)

Last night the headline of The Huffington Post, in characteristic bold red letters, said:

CALIFORNIA: America’s first failed state?

California has the eighth largest economy in the entire world. So what could have gone so catastrophically wrong?

30 Sep 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Legacy, Life, 0 Comments Tagged art, change, culture, entertainment, fun, ideas, organizations, shifts, technology

New Social Media Facts!

Here’s a brand new social media facts video from the kind folks at XPLANE and The Economist.

24 Sep 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Legacy, 0 Comments Tagged change, culture, entertainment, fun, music, shifts, technology

Invisible Speakers from Emo Labs

This isn’t a technology blog by any means, but these invisible speakers have the potential to be fairly game-changing for TVs, computers, and game systems. Have your mind blown right around the 2 minute mark.